News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to the third pre-scoping virtual public workshop on the proposed Greenlink North Project to be held via Zoom December 13.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
During a visit to the Sonoran Solar Energy Project today – a project on public lands expected to power 91,000 homes – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Laura Daniel-Davis announced new efforts to support solar energy development on public lands across the West and help meet the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious renewable energy and conservation goals.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
As part of efforts to meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035, as well as Congress’ direction in the Energy Act of 2020 to permit 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands no later than 2025, the Bureau of Land Management proposes to offer two geothermal lease sale parcels in Millard County, Utah, totaling approximately 3,045 acres, on Jan. 24, 2023.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management welcomes Chad Krause as the new field manager for the Newcastle Field Office. As field manager, Krause oversees the management of 287,900 acres of BLM-managed surface and 1.7 million acres of federal mineral estate across Crook, Weston, and Niobrara counties in northeastern Wyoming, as well as BLM-managed public lands and mineral estate in Nebraska.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Redding Field Office will conduct prescribed burning projects in the Swasey Recreation Area through Dec. 9.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management is offering people the opportunity to provide input on the City of Redmond’s request to lease BLM public lands.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
Approximately 3,600 acres of pristine wildlife and riparian habitat in Montana’s popular Big Hole region is now in public ownership, thanks to a conservation collaboration by the Bureau of Land Management, a landowner, and conservation organizations.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office increased the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Game Management Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F. Effective midnight on Dec. 2, 2022, the federal subsistence hunt includes a harvest limit of two caribou for the remainder of the winter hunt season that ends on March 31, 2023.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
Annual winter closures go into effect Dec. 1 on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Montrose area to reduce stress on wintering wildlife and prevent road damage
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District are planning to conduct prescribed burning at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, about 12 miles north of Yuma and near Walter’s Camp, about 26 miles south of Blythe, California, along the California side of the lower Colorado River in Imperial County, between November and March, as weather and fuel conditions allow.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Central Coast Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposed supplementary rule to manage recreation at the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coastal National Monument.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
This holiday season, permits are available for cutting trees on Bureau of Land Management public lands in the San Luis Valley and Royal Gorge field offices through Dec. 24, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
A 30-day public comment period is open for a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Plan of Operations Amendment (Plan) for the Valmy Development of the Marigold Mine.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
A 30-day public comment period is open for a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Plan of Operations Amendment (Plan) for the Valmy Development of the Marigold Mine.
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
‘Tis the season! Looking for an outdoor experience to celebrate the holidays?
By Press release submission | Dec 11, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office issued a decision approving the Exploration Plan of Operations for the Antler Operations Exploration Project proposed by Antler Operations Inc.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2022
There were three notices published by the State Department in week ending Dec. 3, according to the Federal Register.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2022
There were eight notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending Dec. 3, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2022
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “Senate” on Dec. 11, 2008.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2022
Release: On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) affirming that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." Tomorrow, we honor the UDHR and its proclamation that human rights are to be universally protected. All persons have these rights and should be free to exercise them, without discrimination, no matter what they believe, whom they love, or where they live. All means all.
